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Patented Feb. 26', 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,992,919 r I "Eberw. Light, Charleston, w. Va., ass'lg'nor to Sanford Investment,Corporation, Knoxville, Tenn, a corporation of Delaware i i Applicationsept mter 2, 192a, Swain-13 3.259 fi plairns (arms-cs4) a'Ifhisinventionrelates particularly to mine cars portion to the costoiconstruction of the car, the

materials used and the organization of the structure being adapted torelatively low cost of construction and to relatively large loadcapacity of the car.

In the accompanying drawings,

g. l is a side elevation ofa car embodying my im rovement, parts beingbroken away;

' Fig. 2 is a plan of the same car, parts being broken away;

Fig. 3 is a bottom View of the same car; Fig. 4 is a; longitudinal,upright section on the line, 4- 4,of Fig. 2;

Rig. 5 is an end elevation; 'Fig. 6 is a transverse upright section onthe line, 66, of Fig. 1, looking toward the left;

Fig. 7 is an upright transverse section on the line, 7-'-'i, of F 1,looking toward the left;

Fig. 8' is a horizontal upright section taken substantially onthe line,8-8, of Fig. 1, looking'toward the left;

Fig. 9 is a horizontal detail view showing the connection between theends of the side sills and an intervening anglen'iember;

Fig. 10is a longitudinal upright section on the line, 10-10, of Fig. 9,looking toward the right;

Fig. 11 is a perspective of a part of one of the pasms i Referring'tothe drawings, R,'R; are track rails. A, A are trackwheels on which thecar sup ported. A1,A1' are axles which are supported by thewheels. Theaxles extend through the longitudinal side sills, B, B. The sidesillsare Zgform in cross section. Each sill has an upright web, B1, an upper,outward-directed flange, B2, and a lower, inward directed flange, B3. Ateach axle a bearing block, B4, is secured to theupr'ight web, B1, bymeans of bolts or rivets, B5; The axles extend through said bearingblocks. The wheels are applied tothe outer ends of the' axles'.

' The space between the side'sills', B, is filled with planks, C, C,placed horizontally and lengthwise of the car and below theaxles." Theseplanksform the bottom of the car. The side planks rest on the lowerflanges, 133,013 the side sills and meet the upright webs, B1, of theside sills. These planks extend the entire length" ofthe car and theirouter ends form parts of the end structure of the car,- as: describedfurther on.

Between ten axle and the planks, C, is a metal channel member, C2,having its web resting on Said member is shown as being in the form ofan angle bar having a horizontal flange, D1, and an upright. flange, D2.,The ends of this cross memher are cut to leave an end, D3, on theflangeQDZ, to be turned at right angles to the length of said crossmember and made to bear against the inner face of theupright web, B1, ofthe adjacent side sill, B. A rivet, D4, extends through each end,

-j D3, and the adjacent web, B1, of the side sill.

Bolts or rivets, D5, extend through the horizontal flanges, D1, of thecross members and through the planks, whereby the planks are tied tosaid cross member.

A side plate, E, of angle form cross sectionha's the edge of itshorizontalpart resting onand secured to the flange, B2, of each sidesill by means of bolts or rivets, E1.- The upright flange of each plate,E, makes a part of the side wall of the car body. A binder, E2, extendsover theouter' face of the web, B1, and the lower face of the flange,B2, of each side sill and over the lower face and the outer upright faceof the adjacent side plate and is riveted to the side plate and theflange,- B2,and the web, B1, of the side sill. The rivet, D4, whichextendsthrough the end, D3, of the cross member, D, and the web, Bl,also ex tends through the binder, E2.

Each side plate extendsto each end wall, FL Between each endof the sidesill and the end wall, a filling plate, E3, extends from the side sillto the end wall, said plate extending over the outer edges of the outerplanks. I The side plate and the filling plate are tube of sheet metalof suitablethickness to aliord desired strength and stability. r

- Each track wheel, A, rises higher than the horizontal' part of theadjacent side plate, Hence each wheelmustpentrate said side plate.Accordingly the horizontal part of each side plate is provided with anaperture, E4. A hood, E5, is seated on each side plate above each Wheel,the hoodbeing; secured to the horizontal part and to the upright part ofthe side plate by meansof rivets,.as shown by the drawin gs.

Ateachend of the car body, close to the end wall, F, an: :end binder,E1, extends transversely under and against the planks, C, C, and upwardacross the filling plate, E3, and across the lower face of thehorizontal part of the side plate and along the outer face of theupright part of the side plate. Rivets, F2, extend through the sideplates and this binder.

Short pieces of plank, Cl, rest on the upper faces of the planks,C',-and parallel to the planks, C, and have their outer ends even withthe ends of the plank, C. The inner ends of the plank pieces, (31, arein the plane of the inner edge of the binder, F1. Rivets, F2, extendthrough the plank pieces, C1, the planks, C, and the binder,

F1, whereby these several members are joined to and across the end edgesof said wall and across the ends of the adjacent end binder, Fl. Eachupper rivet, F2, extends through the binder, F3, as well as through theside plate, E, and the binder, Fl. Two upright metal straps, Fe extendover the outer face of the binder, F3, and thence downward over theouter face of the end wall to the upper face of the short planks, Cl.Rivets, F5, extend through the straps, F4, and the strap, F3, and thewall, F, to bind those members to each other. Rivets, F6, extend throughthe straps, F4, and the wall, F.

, Each end of the plank bottomis curved, the middle part beingextended'outward, as shown by Figs. 2 and 3. A metal bumper, B, extendsover the ends of the plank as shown by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and has flangesextending over the upper face and the lower face of the plank bottom,including the short planks, C1.

Rivets, G1, extend through the bumper and the planks, C and G1. On themiddle longitudinal line of the bottom, the bumper has an aperture, G2,to receive a coupling pin, G3, to engage a link, G4. A coupling tongue,G5, has its inner end resting on the horizontal flange, D1, of eachcross member, D. A rivet, G6,'extends through the tongue and said flangeand the adjacent plank, C. Thence said tongue extends downward to andalong the upper face of said plank and nearly to the short planks, C'l.Thence it extends obliquely upward and across the plank, C1, at a heightsufficient to make room for the coupling link, G4.

It is now to be observed that the plank bottom is below the axles, Al,and that the side edges of said bottom rest on the horizontal flanges,B3, of the side sills and that the planks, C, are bolted or riveted tothe channelmembers, G2, which are supported through the outer edges ofthe plank bottom, those edges being supported directly on the flanges,B3, of the side sills. It is also to be observed that the planks arefurther supported by the cross members, B2, which are riveted to theside sills and to the planks. The plank bottom is further supported bythe end binders, F1, which pass under the planks and up the sides of thecar body.

It is also to be observed that the side sills are side sills. Thestructure from the ends of the side sills outward to and including thebumper and the coupling tongue is so organized and the partsinter-related in such manner as to afford stability for the ends of thecar body. There is economy in manufacturing by using the short sidesills and by using a wooden bottom instead of a metal bottom.

I claim as my invention,

1. Ina car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sillsshorter than. the inside length of the car, axles supporting said sills,wheels supporting said axles, a bottom having planks occupying the spacebetween the side sills and carried thereby and extending the fulllengthof the car, coupling members supported by the bottom at each endof the car, an upright end wall at each end of the car, a side platesupnearer end wall and between "th'ebottom plank and the side plate,substantially as described.

2. In a car of the kind described, the combina-.

tion of metal side sills shorter than the inside length of the car,axles supporting said sills, wheels supporting said axles, a bottomhaving planks occupying the space between the side sills and carriedthereby and extending the full length of the car, binding membersextending across and secured to the planks at the axles and at the endsof the side sills, coupling members supported by the bottom at each endof the car, an upright end wall at each end of the car, a side platesupported on the upper part of each side sill and extending from one endwall to the other and connected therewith, and a filling plate closingthe space between each end of each side sill and the nearer end wall andbetween the bottom plank and the. side plate, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sillsshorter than the inside length of the car, axles supporting said sills,wheels supporting said axles, a bottom having planks occupying the spacebetween the side sills and carried thereby and extending the full lengthof the car, cross members extending across and secured to the planks andto the ends of the side sills, coupling members supported by the bottomat each end of the 'car and including a coupling tongue having one andsecured to the adjacent cross member and a filler member at each end ofeach side sill, substantially as described.

4. In a car of the kind described, the combination of metal side sillsshorter than the inside length of the car, axles supporting said sills,wheels supporting said axles, a bottom having planks occupying the spacebetweenthe side sills.

and carried thereby and extending the full length of the car, crossmembers extending across and securedto the planks and to the ends of theside sills, coupling members 'supportedby the bottom at each end of thecar. and including a bumper and a coupling tongue having one endsecured'to the adjacent cross member, and a filler member at each end ofeach side sill, substantially as described. I V v 5. In arailway car, abody having longitudinal side sills, car axle journals associated withthe side sills and having axes lying in a horizontal plane which cutsthe side sills, wheels on the axle" journals, longitudinal bottomplankscarried by the side sills and lying in a plane below thehorizontal plane of the axes of the axle journals and extending beyondthe ends of the side sills, crossmembers extending over the planks andjoining the ends of the side sills, and a combined bumper and couplingstructure on the planks at each end of the bottom and including acoupling tongue secured to the adjacent cross-member.

6. In a railway car, the combination of metal side sills shorter thanthe inside length of the car, car axle journals associated with the sidesills and having axes lying in a horizontal plane which cuts the sidesills, wheels on the axle journals, a

between each end of each side sill and the ad- 10 j acent end wall.

EBER W. LIGHT.

